Energy
Solar-powered tricycles help Cubans navigate fuel shortages and blackouts
Cuba's iconic vintage cars have all but disappeared and in their place, small electric tricycles - most of them made in China - have become the primary means of transportation for hundreds of thousands of Cubans grappling with a prolonged fuel crisis.
U.S. and Iran exchange intensifying fire across the Mideast; sirens sound in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East.
U.S.-Iran ceasefire collapses amid new strikes as Trump mulls restarting war
The U.S. launched new strikes on Iran, Central Command announced Wednesday, as the two sides moved closer to resuming full hostilities.
The tenuous state of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire renews anxiety over high fuel prices
The potential unraveling of a fragile truce between Iran and the United States renewed anxiety Wednesday over whether fuel prices would go back up if sustained fighting kept oil tankers from traveling through the Persian Gulf.
U.S. airlines’ monthly fuel spending topped $6 billion again in May, up 84% from year ago
U.S. airlines spent $6.66 billion on jet fuel in May, the second straight month that fuel costs topped $6 billion, according to government data released Tuesday.
Trump team pushes state AGs to investigate high gas prices
The Trump administration wants state attorneys general to join federal investigators in probing alleged antitrust and consumer protection violations causing high gas prices.
Ukraine targets eight Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers in drone attack
Ukrainian long-range drones struck eight oil tankers in the Sea of Azov that Kyiv said were part of the Kremlin's "shadow fleet" of sanctioned vessels sent to deliver fuel to the Russia-controlled Crimean Peninsula.
Three ships hit by projectiles while in Strait of Hormuz
A tanker ship was struck by an unidentified projectile Tuesday while traveling near Omani waters in the Strait of Hormuz, according to maritime authorities.
Tanker caught fire after being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz
A tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz caught on fire early Tuesday morning after being struck by a projectile, the British military said.
Alberta and Ontario propose a pipeline to carry western Canada’s oil to the east
Alberta and Ontario proposed a pipeline Monday to carry western Canadian oil east and eventually to Atlantic export terminals as Canada seeks new markets beyond the United States, reviving a project that was abandoned nearly a decade ago.
Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as its fuel reserve dwindles and aging grid crumbles
An islandwide blackout hit Cuba on Monday as the country's fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble.
Cartels reverse smuggling routes to net billions sneaking gasoline from Texas into Mexico
Mexico's smuggling cartels, who have long made money smuggling illegally obtained oil into the U.S., are also smuggling fuel back into Mexico in a scheme to sell the product at full cost while ducking taxes, according to American authorities.
7 OPEC+ countries agree to expand monthly oil production modestly as prices slide
A handful of countries in the OPEC+ oil-producing alliance plan to increase their outputs modestly next month, which would bring more oil online after fuel prices have fallen to levels not seen since before the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran.
Problems threaten fate of nation’s first offshore wind farm
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey recently celebrated the completion of Vineyard Wind, the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm that she pledged would lower electricity rates and remove tons of carbon emissions from the atmosphere. Still, Vineyard Wind's future is murky.
Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis
After two surgeries and several rounds of radiation therapy over the past four years to treat a tumor, Irisleydis Trista has spent the past seven months unable to get a CT scan to determine whether the cancer has grown or spread.
This air conditioning strategy is the sweet spot for saving energy and money, experts say
Having air conditioning at home is a luxury that keeps people comfortable during the hottest months of the year, and it's debated whether the AC should stay blasting or be turned off when people head to work during the day.
Heat adds to strains on areas with data centers, raising the temperature on AI debates
Eileen Castle's swimming pool, one of the only ones for blocks around, was once a refuge for neighborhood children on hot summer days.
German prosecutors charge former Ukrainian officer with Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
German prosecutors charged a former Ukrainian army officer with being part of a military operation in 2022 that sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines shipping natural gas from Russia to Western Europe.
Report: Marxist tycoon is funding a China-backed influence campaign against AI data centers
A China-based American tycoon is funding a Beijing-backed influence campaign in the U.S. to block construction of large computer data centers, according to a new think tank report.
Board offers $3B settlement to restructure Puerto Rico power company debt
A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico's finances announced Tuesday that it has offered a $3 billion settlement to bondholders in a new push to finally restructure more than $10 billion in debt held by the U.S. territory's power company.